無駄遣い (むだづかい): meaning and examples
Key takeaways
無駄遣い (むだづかい) means waste money / spend carelessly.
See example sentences below.
Japanese word 無駄遣い: waste money / spend carelessly. Meanings and example sentences.
無駄遣い (むだづかい) means waste money / spend carelessly.
See example sentences below.
waste money / spend carelessly
買わないものを買うのは無駄遣いだ。
Translation
Buying things you won't use is a waste of money.
毎日コンビニで買うのは無駄遣いだよ。
Translation
Buying stuff at the convenience store every day is wasteful.
Kanji 駄: burdensome, pack horse, horse load, send by horse, trivial, worthless
Kanji 駄: meanings, readings, and example words.
Kanji 遣: dispatch, despatch, send, give, donate, do, undertake
Kanji 遣: meanings, readings, and example words.
Kanji 無: nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not
Kanji 無: meanings, readings, and example words.